Chapter 216 Chapter 215 Taizu Zhu Wen

At the end of Dazhong (847-859 AD) in the late Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen's father died of illness suddenly, and his mother, Wang, saw that she had no means of living, so she took her children and went to the home of Liu Chong, a wealthy family in the same village.Liu Chong saw that the Wang family was in his prime and could afford farming, silkworm weaving, and the three children were about to grow up, so he took them in.In this way, Mrs. Wang is working as a servant in the Liu family, and the three children have to work non-stop. When the three children grow up, they have different personalities.The eldest Zhu Yu is honest and dedicated to Liu's farmland; the second Zhu Cun and the third Zhu Wen are both very strong and strong, but they are not content with working, especially Zhu Wen.

After entering the Qianfu period (874-879 A.D.), people in Henan and Shandong often rose up to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. Among them, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao were the most powerful, and they frequently operated in the Cao, Yi, Xu, Song, Ru, and Deng areas. , Attracting many people to join him, Zhu Wen is also very yearning.One day, Zhu Wen decided to leave.He made an appointment with his second brother Zhu Cun, bid farewell to his mother and elder brother, and went to join Huang Chao. After Zhu Wen and his elder brother Zhu Cun joined the uprising army, they went south and north with the army and made many military exploits.During this period, Zhu Cun died in battle in Jiangnan.Zhu Wen was promoted to captain and partial general because of his bravery in front of the battle. After Huang Chao invaded Chang'an, he has become an important general.

In September of the second year of Zhonghe (882 A.D.), after some weighing, Zhu Wen killed Yan Shi, the supervisor, and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.Emperor Xizong, who was far away in Chengdu, was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately issued an imperial edict to confer Zhu Wen as the general of Zuo Jinwuwei, the deputy envoy of the camp in Hezhong, and gave him the name Quanzhong.Since then, Zhu Quanzhong led his army to join the ranks of suppressing the uprising army, and he did not hesitate to kill and loot, and made military exploits one after another for the Tang Dynasty.

In February of the third year of Zhonghe, Zhu Quanzhong was appointed by the Tang Dynasty as Xuanwu Jiedushi (ruling Bianzhou, now Kaifeng, Henan) because of his meritorious service in combat, and he had his own sphere of influence.After that, Zhu Quanzhong acted both hard and soft, and gradually annexed the heroes, becoming the most powerful feudal town. After his power became stronger, Zhu Quanzhong wanted to directly control the court, and even wanted to imitate Cao Cao's "holding the emperor to order the princes".Although the Tang court had no land and no soldiers at this time, the internal struggles were still sharp, especially the dispute between the court officials and the eunuchs in the South Yamen and Beisi was continuous and intensified.All factions seek attachment and support from the feudal town.Zhu Quanzhong, the number one feudal town, naturally became their primary target.Prime Minister Cui Yin has been discussing with Emperor Zhaozong about killing eunuchs. Cui Yin advocates killing all eunuchs, and the palace affairs should be in charge of palace maids.But at that time, the imperial guards in the capital were controlled by eunuchs. After learning about Cui Yin's conspiracy, Han Quanhui, the right eunuch, instigated the imperial guards to make noise, appealed to Cui Yin to withhold his winter clothes, and demanded that the emperor relieve him of his concurrent post as the third envoy.Cui Yin knew that the matter had been leaked, and immediately wrote to Zhu Quanzhong, claiming that he had received a secret edict and asked Quanzhong to lead the army to meet him.With this excuse, Zhu Quanzhong sent troops from Bianzhou to the west.In November of the first year of Tianfu (901 A.D.), Han Quanhui led the imperial army to rob Emperor Zhaozong and rushed to Fengxiang.Zhu Quanzhong entered the customs, took advantage of the momentum to collect Han Jian in Huazhou, and continued westward.

At the beginning of the first month of the first year of Tianyou (904 A.D.), Quanzhong made a petition to Emperor Zhaozong, claiming that the Prime Minister Cui Yin had monopolized the power to disrupt the country and separated the monarchs and ministers.Zhu Quanzhong secretly ordered Zhu Youliang to kill Cui Yin at home.He led a large army into Tunhezhong, and sent Kou Yanqing, the general of Ya, to submit a letter to Emperor Zhaozong, asking to move the capital to Luoyang.Then, he sent a letter to Prime Minister Pei Shu, asking him to lead all the officials eastward.On the 27th, Emperor Zhaozong set off from Chang'an, and Zhu Quanzhong ordered Zhang Tingfan, the general who had stayed in Chang'an, to be the envoy of the imperial battalion to lead his troops to guard Zhaozong.

In April, when Emperor Zhaozong arrived in Luoyang, Zhu Yougong and Zhu Cong, the generals of the whole loyal army, were the commanders of the left and right Longwu respectively, and they were in charge of the guards. Other important positions were also replaced by their own people.In May, Emperor Zhaozong hosted a banquet for Quanzhong and other officials in Chongxun Hall. After the banquet, Quanzhong was summoned to the side hall to continue the banquet. Zhu Quanzhong was afraid of being ambushed and dared not enter.Soon after, Quanzhong returned to Bianzhou, secretly ordered Zhu Yougong, clan uncle Zhu Cong and others to kill Zhaozong, and made the 13-year-old King Hui the emperor.In August, Zhu Yougong and others killed Zhaozong and pretended to be the Empress Dowager Order, making Hui Wang Zuo the emperor.

When Zhu Quanzhong heard the news of Zhaozong's death, he pretended to be shocked, fell to the ground and cried bitterly. On October 3, he rushed to Luoyang, cried bitterly in front of Zhaozong's coffin, and solemnly met the new emperor.The next day, Zhu Quanzhong borrowed Zhu Yougong and his clan uncle Zhu Cong to govern the army laxly, and the soldiers under his command disturbed the market.Before dying, Yougong scolded Quanzhong: "Sell me to slander the world!" The new emperor was young and ignorant of political affairs, so Zhu Quanzhong returned to Bianzhou with peace of mind.Just in case, in February of the following year, he ordered to kill all the sons of Emperor Zhaozong.In June, more than 30 important ministers of the former court were escorted to Baimayi (now in Huaxian County, Henan Province), killed and thrown into the Yellow River.

After several years of management by Zhu Quanzhong, the Tang court can be said to have become the Zhu family court.Even so, Zhu Quanzhong was still dissatisfied and eager to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. He ordered the privy envoy Yang Xuanhui to deal with the matter with Prime Minister Liu Can.Although Yang and Liu also supported Zhu Quanzhong's enthronement and proclaiming himself emperor, they always wanted Quanzhong to accept Zen step by step according to traditional habits, which was in line with etiquette, also known as righteousness and obedience, so they prepared cumbersome Zen seat etiquette.In October of the second year of Tianyou, Zhu Quanzhong was first awarded Marshal of the World's Army and Horses, and the next step was to be named King of Wei, and then Jiuxi and Zen were added.Zhu Quanzhong was extremely dissatisfied with their dawdling, so he killed the two of them with an excuse.

In the second year, Zhu Quanzhong quelled the rebellion in Wei Bofan Town, and returned to Bianzhou. Xue Yiju, a royal historian, came to ask questions on behalf of Emperor Ai.When Yiju saw Zhu Quanzhong, he asked him to do the courtesy, but Quanzhong refused, but Yiju still worshiped and danced as if he was seeing the emperor, and Zhu Quanzhong didn't insist on stopping him.After Yiju returned to Luoyang, he said to Emperor Ai and all the ministers, "Marshal has the intention of accepting Zen."Upon receiving this news, the ministers immediately made various preparations for accepting Zen, and Emperor Ai also issued an edict, calling the Zen position in Eryue, and Zhu Quanzhong symbolically declined.

In February, Tang ministers jointly asked Emperor Ai to abdicate, and other feudal towns controlled by Zhu Quanzhong, as well as Ma Yin in Hunan and Zhao Yin in Lingnan also sent envoys to persuade him to advance.Zhu Quanzhong gave way again in name, and after several back and forth, on March 27, Emperor Ai officially abdicated.Headed by Prime Minister Zhang Wenwei, all the officials marched to Bianzhou with jade seals and guards of honor.Before all the officials arrived, Zhu Quanzhong couldn't wait to be a director in the newly built Jinxiang Hall in Bianzhou.However, because Zhu Quanzhong had not officially proclaimed himself emperor, Zhu Quanzhong only claimed to be a widow, and all kinds of papers and forms were hastily removed the Tang dynasty title, because the new year title would not be available until after he proclaimed emperor, and temporarily only marked the month and day, not a certain year.On the third day, Zhang Wenwei led a hundred officials to Bianzhou.

On April 5th, Zhu Quanzhong changed his name to Zhu Huang and completed the last preparation work before proclaiming himself emperor.On April 7th, Zhang Wenwei and others took a chariot, and all departments and departments prepared guards of honor and came to the Jinxiang Hall to present jade seals and crown Quanzhong.Then, Zhang Wenwei read out the document of Emperor Ai's abdication, and all the officials danced and celebrated in front of the hall, shouting long live.Quanzhong officially took the throne and established the Liang Dynasty.The dating name is Kaiping. After the ceremony, Zhu Quanzhong held a banquet in the Xuande Hall and said to the ministers, "I have not long been in charge of the government. This time I am called the emperor thanks to the support of the princes."Only Xue Yiju and others followed his words and praised his outstanding merits. They should obey the heavens and people, and ascend the throne and proclaim themselves emperors.Zhu Quanzhong was very satisfied. The establishment of the Liang Dynasty enabled the partial unification of the Yellow River Basin. Moreover, when Zhu Quanzhong became emperor, he was able to implement some loose policies and pay more attention to agricultural production. So that society has some improvement. In the first month of the first year of Kaiping (907 A.D.), Li Keyong, the Jiedu envoy of Hedong and king of Jin, died of illness, and Li Cunxu came to the throne.In September of this year, Zhu Quanzhong personally led his army across Hebei, but all the soldiers from Hebei could not get out of the wall.In November, Quanzhong was returned to Luoyang, and he fell ill due to Yu disease. At the beginning of the second year of Qianhua (912 A.D.), Hedong soldiers attacked Youzhou on a large scale, and Liu Shouguang asked Liang for help.In February, Zhu Quanzhong's condition eased a little, and he decided to lead his army northward again, but was attacked by the Hedong Army and was defeated. Zhu Quanzhong was ashamed and his condition worsened.In April, when he returned to Luoyang, Quanzhong's condition deteriorated sharply, and everyone in the Liang Dynasty was discussing the issue of heirs. Quanzhong's eldest son, Youyu, is dead. He has his second son, Yougui, third son, Youzhen, adopted son, Youwen, and youngest son, Youjing.At this time, Youwen and Youzhen were both in Bianzhou, and Yougui was in Luoyang.Among the three heirs, Quan Zhong paid more attention to his adopted son Youwen. Zhu Quanzhong's wife, Mrs. Zhang, died of illness in the first year of Tianyou (904 AD).Since then, Zhu Quanzhong indulged in lust and lust, and often called the wives of several sons into the palace to serve as concubines.Youwen's wife, Wang Shi, has an outstanding appearance and is especially favored by Zhu Quanzhong.This is also an important reason why he values ​​Youwen. At the end of May, Zhu Quanzhong knew that he was not long in the world, so he ordered Wang to go to Bianzhou to call Youwen.At that time, Yougui's wife, Mrs. Zhang, was also nearby, and immediately went out of the palace to report the matter to Yougui.Yougui originally thought that he was the oldest among Quanzhong's sons, so he should be made the prince, but he was indignant at Quanzhong Zhongyi Youwen's refusal to make himself the prince.Upon receiving this news, knowing that his father was going to pass on the throne to Youwen, he hurriedly planned with his followers.On June 1, an imperial edict was issued in the palace to demote Yougui to be the governor of Laizhou.According to the practice at that time, those who were demoted officials were more likely to die on the way.Seeing that the situation was urgent, Yougui accelerated the pace of usurping the throne.The next day, he quietly entered the Zuolonghu Barracks of the Forbidden Army, and asked the commander Han Qing to send the Forbidden Army to help him.That night, Han Qing sent 500 tooth soldiers to follow You Gui into the palace, and broke into the bedroom where Quan Zhong rested.Quan Zhongqiang stood up and asked, "Who is the rebel?" Yougui replied, "It's not someone else." Cursing back: "The old thief is ten thousand paragraphs." He ordered his servant Feng Ting'er to go forward and assassinate Quanzhong.Yougui wrapped Quanzhong up in an old blanket, keeping his mourning secret.Immediately send a priest to Bianzhou to order Youzhen to kill Youwen. On June 3, under the pretense of Quan Zhongyi, he ordered his friends to be in charge of military and state affairs.On June 5th, the enshrined official returned and said that Youwen was dead, and Yougui announced that Quanzhong had died of illness and that he was the emperor. Yougui buried Zhu Quanzhong in Yique County, Henan Province (now southwest of Yichuan County, Henan Province). The mausoleum was called "Xuanling", and Zhu Quanzhong was given the posthumous title of "Emperor Shenwu Yuansheng Xiaoxiao" and the temple name "Gaozu".Quan Zhong was 61 years old when he died.